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About My Skills

What is My Skills?

My Skills website is an Australian Government initiative to ensure training consumers have access to current, straightforward, independent and trustworthy Information to help them make choices about their training options. As the national directory of vocational education and training (VET) organisations and courses, My Skills strives to improve the quality and accessibility of information available for VET consumers and provides the ability to search for, and compare, VET courses and training providers.

What training providers are on My Skills?

All of the training providers on My Skills are registered training organisations (RTOs).

This means they are registered by a state or territory or national regulator (ASQA) recognition authority to deliver training and/or conduct assessments and issue nationally recognised qualifications.

Apply for Australian state and territory funding to deliver vocational education and training.

An RTO is an organisation that provides VET qualifications; e.g.

technical and further education (TAFE) institutes

adult and community education providers

agricultural colleges

industry skill centres

commercial and enterprise training providers

some universities, higher education providers, and high schools

Where does the My Skills data and information come from?

My Skills receives overnight data updates directly from the national register of VET (training.gov.au) to ensure it has the most up-to-date information on registered training organisations (RTOs) and courses they offer.

When an RTO is officially registered by a VET regulator, such as ASQA, it is automatically added to My Skills. If an RTO is already on My Skills and it becomes registered to provide additional, or different, training, this will also be updated to the My Skills website. RTOs may also log in to My Skills and provide a range of additional information, including:

Descriptions of the RTO’s facilities and services

Locations where training is delivered (including campuses)

Course details, such as fees, durations, and online availability

The following table provides an overview of My Skills data sources:

Data

Source

Apprenticeship information

AATInfo

Subsidy information

State and territory training authorities

RTO scope and registration info

Training.gov.au

RTO course information

Registered training organisations directly

Course outcome information

NCVER annual student outcomes survey

Labour market data

Department of Employment’s Job Outlook

RTO student statistics

NCVER VET collection

About VET (Vocational Education & Training)

What is Vocational Education and Training (VET)?

VET is study and training that enables students to gain qualifications for employment; it is designed to help you get the skills you need to enter and succeed in the workplace. VET is not just for traditional trades; it encompasses hundreds of different occupations and industries including accounting, retail, hospitality, technology and the arts.

VET provides high-quality, nationally recognised training. The VET sector is based on strong partnerships between governments, VET institutions and industry bodies. Governments provide funding, develop policies, and provide regulation and quality assurance of the sector. Industry and employer groups contribute to training policies and priorities, and the development of qualifications to deliver skills to the workforce.

Australia’s VET sector is flexible, with multiple pathways to and from Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications. VET can be undertaken in schools, in the workplace, and in registered training organisations. Modes of delivery include full-time, part-time, online education, distance education, apprenticeships, traineeships and through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

What is a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification?

A vocational education and training (VET) qualification is a formal certification awarded by a training provider in recognition of the successful completion of an occupational or work-related knowledge and skills-based educational program.